AGARTALA, March 31 � Two persons were killed and over 600 houses damaged and trees and electric posts uprooted in a severe storm in Tripura in the last two days, police said here.
Thirteen-year-old Santanjoy Reang died last night when his house collapsed during the storm at Nandirampara, a remote tribal hamlet in Kanchanpur subdivision of North Tripura district.
An ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh has been given by the Tripura government to the next of kin of Santanjoy. Another person Purnaram Reang (21) was killed and his wife Anjuti was seriously injured when lightning struck them at Paharpur, a remote tribal hamlet in South Tripura district on Monday. � PTI
AGARTALA, March 31 � Two persons were killed and over 600 houses damaged and trees and electric posts uprooted in a severe storm in Tripura in the last two days, police said here.
Thirteen-year-old Santanjoy Reang died last night when his house collapsed during the storm at Nandirampara, a remote tribal hamlet in Kanchanpur subdivision of North Tripura district.
An ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh has been given by the Tripura government to the next of kin of Santanjoy. Another person Purnaram Reang (21) was killed and his wife Anjuti was seriously injured when lightning struck them at Paharpur, a remote tribal hamlet in South Tripura district on Monday. � PTI
